Deep Autumn Red

I woke up in a very bright room this morning.  The bright sun was cheerful from early in the morning.  Since today was a "movie in the morning" Saturday, I got up right away.  Feeling the energy in the air, I started photographing everything.

今日は起きた瞬間から部屋が明るくて、空気が光とエネルギーに満ちていて、パッと飛び起きてから写真を撮り始めました。先週買ったお花、バラがしおれてしまったので、ダリアと菊のようなお花を買い足しました。深い赤が気分、何故かって、これを編んでいるので。

Remember I bought a bouquet last week?  The orange rose started to fade, so I added a few new flowers to the vase.  Dahlia, and a few others which name I don't know.  Deep reds felt right for me yesterday at the florist.

Because, I am knitting this.

Had a quick breakfast with milk tea and a toast.  On top of it is the apple jam I made a few weeks ago.  Taste magical without even a sprinkle of sugar.

This is the blue pullover I spent more than a year to knit.  Only because I get so distracted all the time.
編み終わったセーターはこれです。今日初めて着てお出かけしました。

My friend and I went to watch Eclipse.  It was a little embarrassing and so, it made things all the more exciting.  How often do we get to feel embarrassed these days?  I don't, at all.  So we fully enjoyed it.  And I love Jacob.

En route to my favorite cafe, there is a tiny, sweet, fascinating hatter.  I think someone bought a couple of hats earlier today, because the window looked a bit empty.

近所のお気に入りの帽子屋さんをのぞいてから、カフェへ。帽子は買わず、我慢。最近沢山編んでいるのが溜まってきたので。

I go to this cafe quite often these days.  Because... see the lamps?
最近このカフェに良く行きます。
ご飯もおいしいし、それに、このランプ。。。ステキ過ぎ。

My treasure hunt this morning.

I have a bunch of "keeper" issues of magazines in my cabinet.  They are for example, an American Vogue in which Kate Branchet dressed up in variety of gorgeous couture dresses.  Or, Elle Decor magazine featuring Le Corbusier designed houses, the actual houses in which people live.  Or, UK edition of Vogue Living with rooms in such beautiful green colors that I want to stare at for hours.

Below, an out-of-print Japanese fashion magazine is one of them.  This is from 3 years ago, but it's still my favorite.

今日本棚から発掘した宝物は、雑誌。
わたしは子供の頃からお気に入りの号を溜めておく癖があって、絵を描くときはまるで儀式のように、まず雑誌を片っ端からめくるのが決まりでした。数時間、ときには何日かそうしていると段々イメージが出来てきます。
いま溜めてある雑誌はたとえば、ケイトブランシェットがゴージャスなドレスを着た特集が載っている米国版Vogue、ル・コルビュジエの住宅が載っているエル・デコ、ロンドンで買ったUK版のVogue Livingなど。
ファッション雑誌では、なぜか廃刊になったVingtaineが１冊。素敵な写真満載で、捨てられない。

I was looking for this issue to get some inspiration for my next knitting project.  Then I found below.  My favorite Japanese actor, full color in 4 pages.  It's funny that I didn't have a slightest interest in this article nor in him 3 years ago when I first saw this article.  Nor the 2nd, 3rd..... times.  But I like him now :)

後ろまで捲ったら、当時新作映画が公開されたばかりの堺雅人さんが。この号は何度も何度も見ているけど、今まで全く興味を惹かれなかったということを面白いと思う。

In the article, for the cliche question "what type of girls do you like?", he answered that he is attracted to someone's words, then her voice, then her face.  Perhaps he is just saying, guys are not made that way, but for me, it's true.  Beautiful male voice (and I don't care about female voice).
お決まりの、「どんなタイプの女性が好きですか？」という質問に、「言葉、声、顔の順に惹かれます」との答え。まあ、どこまで本気かは分からないけど、私の場合はそうだなあ、とこれを読んで思いました。男性の深い声が好き。低い、とも違う。
普段普通の声の男性が風邪を引いてハスキーになったりすると、妙にドキドキしたりします。我ながら情けない感じです。
（堺さんは声はあまりステキではないですが、別にリアルな人物ではないので、まあ。）
今の一番のお気に入りは、KCRWでMorning Becomes Eclecticという番組を担当しているJason BentleyというDJです。

I must confess, my heart beat often speeds up when someone catches cold and his voice gets lower and huskier.  I know, it's so lame.

(This particular actor, he doesn't have that great voice.  But he is not a real person for me, so that's ok.)